New Institutions in the Old East Bloc

Survey data reveal the makeup of the crowds in the Maidan and the factors that motivated them to take part in the protests.

After falling short in 1992 and 1997, Kenya’s large but fractious opposition coalition swept to victory at the polls in 2002. Transition has arrived, but can democratic transformation follow?

Although the overall state of freedom in the world has clearly improved over the last two decades, more recent trends are worrisome. In 2009, declines in freedom outnumbered gains for…